http://www.mail.com/subjects/24374-ethnic-conflicts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24374-ethnic-conflicts.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102410-kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes. President Uhuru Kenyatta an... Wed, 22 May 2013 15:54:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102410-kenyas-truth-report-killings-land-grabs-graft.html 2013-05-22T15:54:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand (AP) — Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand. School, family, friends, shoppin... Sun, 12 May 2013 05:21:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079820-refugees-face-uncertain-future-myanmar-opens.html 2013-05-12T05:21:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A red-robed Buddhist monk calmly picked up stones and hurled them at a security camera. Then, as police looked on, his followers smashed up a popular, Muslim-owned clothing store. Last month's attack on the Fashion Bug chain near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, filmed by a local television station whose cameraman was attacked ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:47:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003368-fears-sri-lanka-amid-anti-muslim-campaign.html 2013-04-07T10:47:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It is a party dominated by a single strong leader. Top positions are made by appointment. Decision-making is quiet and circumscribed. That party is not Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, which grew out of decades of military dictatorship. It is the National League for Democracy, led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and currently... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html 2013-03-09T04:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927584-22-people-injured-macedonia-riots.html SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Violent ethnic riots rattled Macedonia's capital, culminating on Saturday with hundreds raging through the city center, clashing with police, overturning cars and attacking a bus station. At least 22 people were injured, 13 of them police officers. Ethnic Macedonians kicked off the protests in Skopje on Friday, angry at the appoin... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:10:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927584-22-people-injured-macedonia-riots.html 2013-03-02T22:10:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1920856-terrorized-ethnic-group-to-form-force-pakistan.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Inside the ruins of a market demolished by a powerful bomb, four tiny white candles —dwarfed by the scale of the destruction — flickered gently in the freezing rain as dazed Shiite Muslim Hazaras wept for the nearly 90 people killed in the blast. Condemning the Pakistan government for doing little to protect them, the small ethnic ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:51:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1920856-terrorized-ethnic-group-to-form-force-pakistan.html 2013-02-28T06:51:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1909550-us-troops-niger-to-set-up-drone-base.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that about 100 American troops have been deployed to the African nation of Niger. Two U.S. defense officials said the troops would be setting up a base for unarmed drones to conduct surveillance. Obama announced the deployment in a letter to Congress, saying that the forces "will provide support for int... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:10:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1909550-us-troops-niger-to-set-up-drone-base.html 2013-02-23T03:10:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html LAWA YANG, Myanmar (AP) — Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty binoculars at all his troops had lost. Scattered across the sprawling valley below, a dozen thatched-roof homes stood quiet, abandoned by fleeing villagers as government forces drew near. T... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:31:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html 2013-02-21T07:31:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861778-arabs-tuaregs-mali-face-hostility-amid-war.html MOPTI, Mali (AP) — Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed's dress-making teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: "You look like a rebel." Others threatened to slit her throat, she says, drawing a finger across her neck. Now the 29-year-old has dropped out of school and spends her days hiding inside her mud-walled home with her mother and two sisters, f... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861778-arabs-tuaregs-mali-face-hostility-amid-war.html 2013-02-01T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans to base unarmed American surveillance drones in the African nation of Niger highlight the Obama administration's growing concern about extremist influences in the volatile region. They also raise tough questions about how to contain al-Qaida and other militant groups without committing U.S. ground forces in yet another war. In the ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854750-us-eyes-drone-base-africa-with-al-qaida-mind.html 2013-01-29T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847510-myanmar-rejects-us-criticism-ethnic-conflict.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar has rejected the latest U.S. criticism of its conflict with ethnic Kachin rebels, and deplores that Washington still calls the country by its old name, Burma, according to a statement published Saturday. A Myanmar Foreign Ministry statement published in the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper "rejected" a news release issued Th... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847510-myanmar-rejects-us-criticism-ethnic-conflict.html 2013-01-26T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840312-suicide-blast-funeral-kills-25-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a packed funeral ceremony at a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens in an attack likely to further deepen the country's ethnic and sectarian rifts. The bomber detonated his explosives at the Sayyid al-Shuhada mosque in Tuz Khormato as mourners marked the death of... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1840312-suicide-blast-funeral-kills-25-iraq.html 2013-01-23T16:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833606-al-qaida-flourishes-sahara-emerges-stronger.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria. The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian insurgency transformed itself into a regional threat, partly by exploiting the turmoil unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts. Al... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833606-al-qaida-flourishes-sahara-emerges-stronger.html 2013-01-20T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771086-wave-bombings-kills-25-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of bombings hit ethnically disputed northern areas and other parts of Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding dozens. The attacks deepen fears that militants are seeking to reignite ethnic and sectarian violence in the country, where tensions remain high over areas contested between the central government and Kurdish minority.... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1771086-wave-bombings-kills-25-iraq.html 2012-12-17T17:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768136-iraq-kurd-deal-offers-hope-challenges-remain.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A deal brokered by Iraq's president this week gives the central government and the Kurdish minority an opportunity to step back from a military standoff that has threatened to tip the country back into armed conflict just a year after the last American troops left. The Kurds, a different ethnic group from Iraq's majority Arabs, have their o... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1768136-iraq-kurd-deal-offers-hope-challenges-remain.html 2012-12-15T07:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725966-murder-trial-russia-inflames-ethnic-tensions.html MOSCOW (AP) — A world martial arts champion from Russia's southern Caucasus region was convicted Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter, but set free after a trial that inflamed ethnic tensions. The verdict led to protests by nationalists outside the court and prompted Russian riot police to flood the wide square outside the Kremlin to prevent possible viole... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725966-murder-trial-russia-inflames-ethnic-tensions.html 2012-11-27T15:05:00Z